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File Name: Pierson, Arthur - Making of a Sermon, The (216 Sermon Outlines)
File Submitter: Josh Bond
File Submitted: 26 Jan 2012
File Updated: 26 Jan 2012
File Category: Topics
Author: Arthur Pierson
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About Arthur Pierson
Arthur Tappan Pierson (March 6, 1837 – June 3, 1911) was an American Presbyterian pastor, early fundamentalist leader, and writer who preached over 13,000 sermons, wrote over fifty books, and gave Bible lectures as part of a transatlantic preaching ministry that made him famous in Scotland and England. He was a consulting editor for the original "Scofield Reference Bible" (1909) for his friend, C. I. Scofield and was also a friend of D. L. Moody, George Müller (whose biography 'George Muller of Bristol' he wrote), Adoniram Judson Gordon, and C. H. Spurgeon. Throughout his career, Pierson filled several pulpit positions around the world as an urban pastor who cared passionately for the poor.

About "The Making of a Sermon"
The first part of this book explains how to study the Bible and the foundations for preparing a godly sermon, with sections like: Searching the Word, Meditating on the Word, Comparing the Word, Praying through the Word, Believing the Word, Obeying the Word.

The second part of the book (most of the book) provides and explains 217 sermon outlines refined from Pierson's lifetime of preaching, teaching and study. With 360 pages in the printed edition, this text is suitable for the preacher seeking a sermon idea or the lay person needing a starting point to study the Bible.

Contents
001. Part 1: The Art of Bible Study
002. Part 2: Studies of Texts and Themes
003.-----The Great Starting Point
004.-----The Habit of Godliness
005.-----The Simplicity that is in Christ
006.-----The Recompensing God
007.-----Conditions of Prosperity
008.-----The Believer and the World
009.-----A Challenge to Courage
010.-----The Heart's Rest in God
011.-----The Threefold Leaven
012.-----Law and Grace
013.-----The Christian's Inventory
014.-----The Faithful God
015.-----The Leadership of a Child
016.-----The First Great Thing
017.-----The Unseen World
018.-----The Heavenly Vision
019.-----Limiting God by Unbelief
020.-----The Worldly Choice
021.-----The Carnal and Spiritual Man
022.-----Marks of a True Church
023.-----All Need Supplied
024.-----God's Olive Tree
025.-----Knowing the Name of God
026.-----Gideon and the Fleece
027.-----Daniel in Babylon
028.-----Delight in God's Will
029.-----God's Love: its Nature
030.-----Vigilance and its Reward
031.-----God's Thoughts and God's Word
032.-----The Teaching of Types
033.-----The Strait Gate and Narrow Way
034.-----The Book with Seven Seals
035.-----The Verifying Faculty
036.-----Lesson from a Little Child
037.-----Gift of the Holy Spirit
038.-----The Vine and the Branches
039.-----The Demoniacs of Gadara
040.-----Natural Law of Sin and Penalty
041.-----The Secret of Prosperity
042.-----Reverting to Original Type
043.-----The Personification of Wisdom
044.-----Newness of Life
045.-----The Foundations and Rudiments
046.-----The Natural History of the Penitent
047.-----The Finishing of Man's Work
048.-----Recollection, Reflection and Imitation
049.-----The First Example of Giving
050.-----Teachings about Prayers
051.-----Obligations Lost in Privilege
052.-----A Study of the Pneumatica
053.-----The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
054.-----The Resurrection of Christ
055.-----The Believer's New Element
056.-----Christian Liberality
057.-----The Glory of Grace
058.-----A Notable Psalm
059.-----The Glory of Grace
060.-----A Notable Psalm
061.-----Unconscious Character
062.-----The Starting Point in Salvation
063.-----The Pilgrim's Progress
064.-----Double Mindedness
065.-----The Fourfold Man
066.-----Christ's Fourfold Work
067.-----Secrets of Victory
068.-----Christ Life in Us
069.-----The Inspired Word
070.-----Putting Off and Putting On
071.-----Christ the Antitype of all Sacrifices
072.-----The Holy Spirit in the Believer
073.-----Christian Perfection
074.-----The Virtue of Silence
075.-----Treatment of Doubt
076.-----Influence of One Bad Man
077.-----Christ Filling the Universe
078.-----The Natural Sources of Retribution
079.-----Downward Progress of Sin
080.-----Spiritual Character of Christ
081.-----The Sowing and the Reaping
082.-----One Dying Instead of All
083.-----Successful Running in the Race
084.-----Practical Wisdom
085.-----The Influence of Evil Habit
086.-----The Church in the House
087.-----The Fool's Creed
088.-----The Nature, Object and Office of Prophecy
089.-----Warnings to the Disobedient
090.-----Avoidance of Temptation
091.-----The Crowning Evidence
092.-----Satan as a Hinderer
093.-----References to Stoning
094.-----Unrest Within
095.-----Holy Converse
096.-----Christ's Kingdom Not of This World
097.-----Typical Experiences of Believers
098.-----Assimilation of the Worshipper to His God
099.-----A Useful Man
100.-----The Secret of Being Kept
101.-----Nature and Mission of the Word of God
102.-----The Threefold Glory of Zion
103.-----False Views of Life
104.-----Thanksgiving
105.-----Hindrances in the Disposition
106.-----Symbols of the Word
107.-----Laws of Prophecy
108.-----The Priesthood of Believers
109.-----Man's Misconstruction of God
110.-----The Word Seal
111.-----Steps Up the Mount
112.-----Grace
113.-----A Lesson on Small Numbers
114.-----Dealing with Sin
115.-----Principles of Holy Living
116.-----The Eye and Truth
117.-----The Believer's Crucifixion
118.-----A Parable of Reconciliation
119.-----Spirit, Soul, Body
120.-----The Actual Deliverance from Sin
121.-----Sin--A Disease
122.-----Two Narratives Compared
123.-----Prophetic Study
124.-----Heavenly and Earthly Wisdom
125.-----Why Was Christ Born?
126.-----A Miracle of Grace
127.-----The Riches of Grace
128.-----The Word of Life
129.-----Energetic Doing
130.-----Instructions about Suffering
131.-----The Laodicean Church
132.-----God's Administration
133.-----Christ's Stewards
134.-----The Living Word and the Written Word
135.-----The Manifold Significance of the Cross
136.-----Salvation
137.-----The Three Foes
138.-----The Eunuch of Ethiopia
139.-----Dead Works
140.-----Rebukes of a Wrong Spirit
141.-----The Two Creations
142.-----The Last Command
143.-----Spiritual Gifts
144.-----Jotham's Parable
145.-----Death and Judgment
146.-----Two Sorts of Services Contrasted
147.-----The Believer's Glorification in Christ
148.-----The Good Shepherd
149.-----Tradition in Conflict with Inspiration
150.-----Warnings from History
151.-----God's Judicial Dealings with His People
152.-----Lead Us Not into Temptation; but Deliver Us from Evil
153.-----The Altogether Lovely
154.-----Partnership with Unbelievers
155.-----The Wisdom that Is from Above
156.-----Seven Witnesses to God
157.-----Sin: Its Nature and Effects
158.-----Moral Meaning of Christ's Miracles
159.-----Key Texts on Faith
160.-----Final Rewards and Punishments
161.-----Carey's Text
162.-----The Things of Christ
163.-----The Original Glory of Man
164.-----The Marriage Feast
165.-----Comparative Study in Hebrews
166.-----Incentives to a Life of Holiness
167.-----A Study of Psa_103:1-22
168.-----Huckstering
169.-----Perversion of the Lord's Supper
170.-----Mixed with Faith
171.-----The Works of the Flesh
172.-----The Believer's History
173.-----Terror and Love
174.-----Authority of Ministers of Christ
175.-----The Woman with the Issue of Blood
176.-----Stages of Growth
177.-----Humiliation and Exaltation
178.-----Thou Shalt Not Lust
179.-----The Promises and Their Purpose
180.-----The Old Man and the New Man
181.-----Filling up What is Lacking
182.-----The Place of Safety
183.-----Message for Troubled Souls
184.-----God's Standard of Power
185.-----The Last Commission
186.-----Spiritual Requital, I
187.-----Spiritual Requital, II
188.-----The Secrets of Power, I
189.-----The Secrets of Power, II
190.-----The Unveiled Eye, I
191.-----The Unveiled Eye, II
192.-----Principle of Preference, I
193.-----The Principle of Preference, II
194.-----The Power of the Great Name, I
195.-----The Power of the Great Name, II
196.-----The Secret of Victory, I
197.-----The Secret of Victory, II
198.-----God's Mercy and Truth, I
199.-----God's Mercy and Truth, II
200.-----God's Infinite Power and Love, I
201.-----God's Infinite Power and Love, II
202.-----The Power of Expectation, I
203.-----The Power of Expectation, II
204.-----The Knowledge of Duty, I
205.-----The Knowledge of Duty, II
206.-----The Secret Place with God, I
207.-----The Secret Place with God, II
208.-----The Presence of the Lord, I
209.-----The Presence of the Lord, II
210.-----God's Possession in His People, I
211.-----God's Possession in His People, II
212.-----The Knowledge that Brings Privilege, I
213.-----The Knowledge that Brings Privilege, II
214.-----The Power of United Prayer, I
215.-----The Power of United Prayer, II
216.-----Compensations to Patient Waiting, I
217.-----Compensations to Patient Waiting, II
218.-----The Power of God's Word, I
219.-----The Power of God's Word, II

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